The Essentials Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked / 423 pages (371 sans index) Amazon/ $17.27 Chris Matthews: The author, currently the host of MSNBC’s Hardball, bases this book on his personal experiences as House Speaker Tip O’ Neill’s administrative assistant from 1981-1986. Release: October 1, 2013 (The release of this book … Continue reading →